How PATH Churches can turn more guests
into connected, serving members
Want to see what a fully functioning Assimilation System looks like, and what it takes to get there?
Well, good news: we put every single action step on a single checklist — split up between pieces of the 4P System.
It’s a blueprint for implementation, but you can also look at it as a “status check”.
✅ What’s already in place?
👀 What needs a fresh perspective?
⚠️ What’s missing?
And trust me, this checklist is… robust.
(or maybe you’d call it excessively detailed)
I’ll spoil it for you now… it’s 63 steps 🫠
But the best part is that it doesn’t take 63 steps to see results — everything you start doing to build your Assimilation System will return real results.
I’m convinced it will turn you into an assimilation fanatic - that’s what happens to most of the Sherpas in our community.
Alright I’ve blabbed enough. See you on the other side 👋
You could be connecting up to 1 out of 4 guests at your church.
It doesn’t take a huge staff.
You don’t need a huge budget.
It won’t even take that long.
All it takes is a straightforward 4-part system that adapts seamlessly to your context and culture.
And as a PATH Church, you can get started for 15% off!
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Is your church suffering from an unclear assimilation system?
🤷♂️ Guests don’t know what you want them to do
⏳ People have to wait months before taking the right next step
🍿 Congregants feel more like consumers than participants
🤔 You're seeing new guests, but attendance isn’t growing
🪫 Teams never have enough volunteers
📉 Small groups aren’t tracking with attendance growth
🗺️ Your ministries live in detached silos
🫠 You can’t tell if what you’re doing is “working”
If so, this video course will help you create an engagement pathway that’s unique to your church’s culture and your people’s needs.
Meet Your Guide
Greg Curtis, Eastside Christian Church
This course represents the best thinking and practices of many church leaders, successful authors, and its principles have been road-tested by me in churches that range in size from 30 people to 22,000 is attendance, and across 11 countries on 5 continents.
I had to make sure these assimilation principles transcended culture, size and context. Everything in it has been informed by things I have actually done and helped others do, with deeply practical learnings from both successes and failures over years of pastoring in one of the fastest growing churches in the country.
See you on the climb.
What is an unclear assimilation strategy costing you?
The gold standard of assimilation is 1 out of 4 guests finding their place as a connected, serving member.
How does your church stack up?
Is your strategy getting some results,
but taking too much out of your team? 😮💨
Are guests having a great experience,
but never taking steps toward commitment? 🤕
You have amazing ministries,
but people aren’t becoming a part of them 😑
You have an engaged core of givers,
but more people aren’t stepping up to help 😩
Do you have great environments,
but can’t stop burning out volunteers? 🥵
Are you wasting your team’s time and energy
constantly reinventing the wheel? 😵💫
Here’s the secret that no one is talking about:
assimilation is NOT a ministry or a department in your church.
It’s not just another organ in the body that fights other organs for resources, time, and attention. Assimilation is the circulatory system that constantly brings new blood to every organ.
You can finally stop
reinventing the wheel.
The Climbing the Assimilayas Video Course is jam-packed with principles and tools that have worked for churches as small as 30 and as big as 22,000 across 11 different countries.
6 sessions of highly specific and paradigm-shifting video content
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20+ documents, templates, and resources that you can steal
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3-months free access to the Sherpa Coaching Community
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Free One-on-One Coaching Session for you (or your team)
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Lifetime access to the content (including future updates)
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01 // Assimilation and Spiritual Formation
you can’t disciple an unconnected person
the 10 stages of the spiritual formation cycle
environmental architecture
touch points between each stage of growth
the importance of milestones in spiritual growth
02 // How to Automate and Measure Assimilation
healthy church engagement ratios
assessing your current processes
are automated processes unspiritual?
healthy assimilation and placement ratios
setting realistic goals for progress
03 // Creating Your One Place
assessing greatest strength and vulnerability in your 4 Ps
designing worship services and environments for conversation
how to get more guests’ contact information
dialing in your connection card
choosing a new guest gift
announcements that actually work
One Place volunteers and training
04 // Creating Your One Program
determining the purpose of your One Program
creating content that’s FOR your people
getting people to show up after visiting your One Place
rhythms and methods that keep momentum but don’t kill you
One Program volunteers and training
creating an experience (instead of a class)
05 // Creating Your Volunteer Placement Process
church wide alignment for onboarding standards
the red/yellow/green light volunteer system
making sense of your org chart
creating effective on-ramps
gathering data on volunteer engagement
06 // Creating Your Small Group Placement Process
dialing in your groups system
clarifying group leader qualifications
attaching group leader training to your One Program
examples of small group on-ramps inside and outside your One Program
Rich Birch, Founder of unSeminary
"Greg is the best — he knows his stuff. Every time we're chatting I have my notebook out because I'm learning from him on all things assimilation. Everything he does is full of practical help wrapped up in a winsome package.”
Brian Vaughan, Grace Church
“This Video Course was EXACTLY what I needed to help me with vision and strategy for my new role in engagement...and I'm loving every minute of it.”
[12,000+ in attendance at 2 campuses]
Marti Horne, Damascus Road Community Church
“Our staff team watched the videos in this course several times through! There is so much wisdom in what Greg has to share about engaging new guests. No matter where you are in the process, I highly recommend this course!”
[1,500 in attendance]
Jon Thomas, St. John Lutheran Church
“We’ve taken countless notes, had great discussions, and are excited about making changes to our process. We are all impressed with the depth of material and the conversation that is fostered. Worth every penny.”
[Mansfield TX]
